Classic Cartoons

Andrea/Duck Dodgers here. I friendly welcome every fan of animation at my blog. The goal is to support the love and rediscovery of Classic Theatrical Cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation, keeping meanwhile an eye on Golden Age "Funny Animals" Comics as well as on modern animated productions! Every SUPPRESSED ethnic caricature to be sometimes presented here is just for HISTORICAL and EDUCATIONAL purpose and NOT to offend anyone. Stay Tooned and Enjoy the place !

Friday, February 24, 2006

Who's That Guy? - "Hollywood Steps Out"

Cartoons from the 30s and 40s often contain caricatures of celebrities of those times. While some of the caricatured stars are easily recognizable still today, other may look rather obscure.The series of posts that I start today will help you identify all the caricatured people from various cartoons.The first cartoon will be Tex Avery's "Hollywood Steps Out", so let's begin!

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Good/Sad News!

My dear friends,

Even if I'm young, I've found a work yesterday. This, and my studies, will not allow me to post as I was used to. I cannot say for sure if I will find the time to make even one single post in a month.Anyway, I hope my friend mmm..donuts will help to keep this blog alive with his interesting posts.

Here's what he said about this animated short. I hope it will send me other interesting emails like this one!

Dear Duck,The bulk of this cartoon is a reworking of A STONE AGE ROMANCE (a soundAesop's Fable made by Terry for Van Beuren release in 1929-30), allwrapped up with a "happy ending" bow borrowed from APE GIRL.The concept of the athletic, primitive woman goes back to Terry's silentdays; Farmer Al Falfa courted one in BONEHEAD AGE from the late 20s.Of the 30s Terry product, I personally find the shorts from between 1930and '33 to be the most interesting. They tend to be unpredictable,lively, well-staged, and the very early ones make a great use ofblack-and-white contrasts. Later 30s entries tend to take the Disney-ishapproach of sitting back and watching the character animation, but alltoo often it isn't worth watching!

Mr. Knight is a gold mine! You gotta read the many informations he posted in this thread on a well-known animation forum. In his posts he reveals many details about the animation in " Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl" :

Sunday, February 12, 2006

A Duck Dodgers Caricature

My great friend Dragan Kovacevic was kind enough to make a caricature of yours truly.Also known as Kowalski on the pages of GAC forums, my friend is a briliant artist.

Here you have the "original stuff"....

....and here you have me little self as seen by Dragan( click on the drawing for larger size and higher resolution).

He drew me wearing a Duck Dodgers'suit (on it you will find a reference to my favorite website of them all : the GAC one, of which I'm honored to be a member) into a space ship, surrounded by nitrate prints of rare cartoons.You will notice the presence of certain "eager young space cadet"( and nemesis Marvin is not so far ...). Spumco aficionados will also recognize Jimmy the Lucky Idiot right behind me as well as Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy on the monitor screen.On the table you can see an unnamed book by my friend Jerry Beck as well as a copy of "Of Mice and Magic" plus the dvd of my superior copies of the "Censored Eleven". By the way, Porky got in his hands another dvd that I proudly own: " Altruists", a two-part episode of the " Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon" series ( one of the best ones, I would add ) that is still unaired in U.S. and in many other Countries.Also on the table, my favorite version of Tweety, the naked Clampettian one. The little rascal is doing something that absolutely shouldn't be done near nitrate films. And doing damages , there's a certain Gremlin, definitively not Wendell Willkie!

Let me know which are your thoughts about this drawing. In my opinion, it is marvellous!!